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out restriction, to his Majesty the 

 King of Sardinia. 



Art. 7. His Majesty the King 

 of Sardinia cedes to the canton of 

 Geneva, the districts of Savoy 

 specified in the act annexed, inti- 

 tuled " B. B.* Cession made by 

 his Majesty the King of Sardinia 

 to the canton of Geneva," and on 

 the conditions specified in the 

 same act. That act shall be con- 

 sidered as an integral part of the 

 present treaty, and shall liave the 

 same force and validity as if it 

 were textiially inserted in the pre- 

 sent article. 



Art. 8. The provinces of Cha- 

 blais and Faucigny, and the whole 

 of the territory of Savoy to the 

 North of Ugine, belonging to his 

 Majesty the King of Siirdinia, 

 shall foim a part of the neutrality 

 of Switzerland, as recognised and 

 guaranteed by all the Powers. 



Whenever, therefore, the neigh- 

 bouring Powers to Switzerland 

 are in a state of open or impend- 

 ing hostility, the troops of his 

 Majesty the King of Sardinia, 

 which may be in those provinces, 

 shall retire, and may for that pur- 

 pose pass through the Vallais, if 

 necessaiy. No other armed troops 

 of any other Power shall ha\ e the 

 privilege of passing tlirough, or 

 remaining in the said territories 

 and provinces, excepting those 

 which tlie Swiss Coof'-dei-ation 

 shall think proper to place there ; 

 it being well understood, that 

 this state of things shall not in 

 any manner interrupt the admi- 

 nistration of these countries, in 

 which the civil agents of his Ma- 

 jesty the King of Sardinia may 



• Vide General Treaty of Congress, page 

 289. 



likewise employ the municipal 

 guard for the preservation of good 

 order. 



Art. 9. The present Treaty shall 

 form part of tlie definitive ar- 

 rangements of the Congress of 

 Vienna. 



Art. 10. The ratification of the 

 present Treaty shall be exchang- 

 ed in six weeks, or sooner, if pos- 

 sible. 



In faith of which the respec- 

 tive Plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the present Treaty, and have fix- 

 ed thereunto the seal of their 

 arms. 



Done at Vienna the "ZOth of 

 May, in the year of our Lord, 

 1815. 



(Signed). 



The Prince de Metternich. 

 (L. S ,. 



The Marquis de St. Marsan. 

 (L. S.) 



The Baron de Wessenburg. 

 (L. S.) 



The Count Rossi. 

 (L.S.) 



(No. 6.) — Netherlands. 

 Treaty between Great Britain and 

 the ]Setherlands, signed at Vien- 

 na the 3\st May, 181.5. 

 His Majesty the King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and his Majesty the 

 King of the Netherlands, being 

 desirous of carrying into effect 

 and of completing the arrange- 

 ments contained in the Treaty of 

 Peace concluded at Paris the 30th 

 of May, 1S14, which, while it es- 

 tabhshes a just equilibiium in 

 Europe, and assigns to the Uni- 

 ted Provinces such a proportion 

 of teirittny as may enable tiiem 

 to support their own indepen- 

 dence, secures to them the coun- 

 tries 



